This wasn't on the American amazon-DOT-COM until my most recent browsing, which was no earlier than last night. My guess is they were just late to put up the region 1 version, because I've seen the region 2 version on the English amazon for weeks.

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This wasn't on the American amazon-DOT-COM until my most recent browsing, which was no earlier than last night. My guess is they were just late to put up the region 1 version, because I've seen the region 2 version on the English amazon for weeks.

EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT and the Zappa Family Trust are pleased to announce the first official release of A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME, an original program created by FRANK ZAPPA for TV.

Recorded on August 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood, A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME features Frank Zappa with five incredibly talented band members for this extravaganza of live music.The line-up exists of Frank Zappa guitar, percussion, vocals; George Duke keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals; Napoleon Murphy Brock sax, vocals; Ruth Underwood percussion; Tom Fowler bass; Chester Thompson drums.

The Program, as edited and thoroughly tweezed & produced by FZ for Honker Home Video includes these delights: The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke (George Duke), Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme.

FZ: This was put together with my own money and my own time and it's been offered to television networks and to syndication and it has been steadfastly rejected by the American television industry. It has been shown in primetime in France and Switzerland, with marvelous results. It's probably one of the finest pieces of video work that any human being has ever done. I did it myself. And the animation that you're gonna see in this was done by a guy named Bruce Bickford, and I hope he is watching the show, because it's probably the first time that a lot of people in America got a chance to see it.- FZ appearing on the Mike Douglas Show, 1976

Because Token has never been commercially released until now, it is one of the most sought after Frank Zappa programs.

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The footage contained on this DVD is a real find for Frank Zappa fans being as it is an extended interview with Frank conducted in June 1970 The footage here is the original unedited footage and once again in keeping with the Lost Broadcasts series much of this interview is previously unseen...

...The interview here filmed in June 1970 covers many subjects such as the control that television had on the viewing public, Drugs, The media and the new Mothers of Invention line up which at the time included drummer Aynsley Dunbar and former Turtles vocalists Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan and interestingly the interview also touches on political subjects but we must bear in mind that this interview was conducted in those pre “Watergate” days when a “Rock Star” rarely talked about such subjects. Here as throughout the interview Frank Zappa gives relevant articulate and intelligent answers.The length of the interview is interesting in itself considering in the modern era when artists rarely allow themselves to be interviewed at length about anything other than the current product, be it an album film or a book that they want to promote. Interestingly Frank talks about his thoughts on people’s perception of himself as an artist and as a composer. The interview as a whole is incredibly honest and again Frank Zappa is articulate and intelligent in his answers to the interviewer’s questions. Edited portions of the interview were subsequently broadcast in August 1970 and again in December 1970 but the full length interview which runs to 86 minutes now makes its commercial debut on DVD and for Frank Zappa fans this interview will be of immense interest.

Does anyone know if this will only include his performance on the show? I would love to see the concurrent interview (providing there was one), or even the whole program.

The whole show was released on VHS in the late '90s. It was widely available at CD Universe, Amazon, etc. I forget what label, but it was legit, not a bootleg. Seems to have gone OOP. I had it, but then dubbed it and ebayed the original, thinking it would have been out on DVD by now. It's pretty good - Black Napkins w/ the house band, recollections of how the Mothers formed, plus the interactions of FZ, Jimmie Walker, and Kenny Rogers together on the same set are interesting. Frank was plugging the Token special, and they showed clips of it on there. I would guess the whole show's on the youtubes.

The clay animation is really outstanding, but I've always felt it interrupted the performances. FZ solo on "Inca Roads" features lots of sound effects and noises that come from the animated section. Furthermore, it prevents the viewer from seeing Frank in action while soloing. Are these pieces of animation going to be included on "A Token..." too, or were they only included later by FZ when he put together the "Dub Room Special"?

The clay animation is really outstanding, but I've always felt it interrupted the performances. FZ solo on "Inca Roads" features lots of sound effects and noises that come from the animated section. Furthermore, it prevents the viewer from seeing Frank in action while soloing. Are these pieces of animation going to be included on "A Token..." too, or were they only included later by FZ when he put together the "Dub Room Special"?

They were added for first broadcast of ATOHE and Dub Room.This image see the bottom 4 track no animation so i don't know what too expect

The clay animation is really outstanding, but I've always felt it interrupted the performances. FZ solo on "Inca Roads" features lots of sound effects and noises that come from the animated section. Furthermore, it prevents the viewer from seeing Frank in action while soloing. Are these pieces of animation going to be included on "A Token..." too, or were they only included later by FZ when he put together the "Dub Room Special"?

The animation is still present, but the cartoon sound effects are not mixed in as they were on Dub Room.

Stinkfoot starts with a clip used in solo though no Animation in Solo.Inca roads Animation no Sound-effects.Pygmy Twylyte looks better quality,as do the rest of the 4,i thought before on the main Movie i could here a little tinkering going on in the solo that seems too have gone Room Services just looks better than on main movie,maybe newer around or better looked after who knows

Back too the New D.V.D release is there T.V flashing from yotube clip i can't tell It has Animation no,Sound Effects,what about the worse thing Fucking Flashing T.V

You mean the extremely rapid cutting back and forth? Yes, that's still there, and it is very frustrating if you want to actually, you know, SEE what's going on. It happens mostly towards the beginning of the DVD--between the animation and the flickering cuts, "Uncle Meat" is pretty much obliterated visually. It mostly settles down after that but it does crop up again here and there, fortunately just for short bursts.

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